When an American soldier from a nearby base dies under unusual circumstances, Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti starts an investigation that crosses social, political, and international lines in Donna Leon's Death in a Strange Country.
This is the second Leon novel I have read in this popular, long-running series, and I enjoyed it as much for the slices of Italian life shown as the mystery itself. After spending several weeks in Italy over the years--though never visiting Venice--I think the philosophical side of life in Italy rings true.
But it's still a good mystery, with Brunetti getting into several near-miss scrapes before wrapping the story up--not neatly, but perhaps as neatly as anything gets from such a tangled web.
I found this in a Goodwill store in Frankfurt, Indiana and read it quickly.
This is the second Leon novel I have read in this popular, long-running series, and I enjoyed it as much for the slices of Italian life shown as the mystery itself. After spending several weeks in Italy over the years--though never visiting Venice--I think the philosophical side of life in Italy rings true.
But it's still a good mystery, with Brunetti getting into several near-miss scrapes before wrapping the story up--not neatly, but perhaps as neatly as anything gets from such a tangled web.
I found this in a Goodwill store in Frankfurt, Indiana and read it quickly.
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